Pair of Chinese Enameled Copper Pricket Candlesticks

Lot Details

Lot 123Pair of Chinese Enameled Copper Pricket Candlesticks
19th Century
Each of Square form with tall domed base, decorated with squared scrolling, leaf tip borders and ruyi head bands on a light blue ground on all sides including the interior of the wide drip pan, the shouldered stem and repeated on the upper drip pan. Height 15 inches.
For a similar example:Chinese Painted Enamel Collection of the State Heritage, Moscow, T. B Arapova, 1988, plate 161

C Collection of a New York Connoisseur

Estimate: $5,000 - $7,000

Sold for $4,687 (includes buyer's premium)

Additional Notes & Condition Report

separated at base of one stem where it is attached with screws, can be repaired, currently stem leans a bit , can be repaired, minor glazing to enamel in some areas as expected, no dents, small spots of loss along some edges, some stress to underside surface of drip pan

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